Bitcoin price falls more than half its all time high, other cryptocurrencies take a dive with it – Mashable

At the time this article was published, Bitcoin’s price had fallen to around $30,500 USD. The country made history in October of last year when it became the first country to accept Bitcoin as legal tender. However, El Salvador had prior investments in the crypto, bringing its total holdings to 2,301 Bitcoin. However, due to […]

Black TikTok creators are ‘striking’ to protest uncredited viral dance trends

Despite the song’s arguable success — it has nearly 13 million streams on Spotify — no specific dance trend for the song has taken off on TikTok because most Black dancers are refraining from posting their choreography. Despite choreographing elaborate — but easily replicated — dances, few Black creators receive the same recognition and monetization […]

Flush with bitcoin, hacker group behind Colonial Pipeline attack says it’s done

The program, which was a sort of ransomware-as-a-service business model, involved providing hackers access to DarkSide’s ransomware software in exchange for a cut of any proceeds. According to the company, the wallet in question received approximately $17.5 million worth of bitcoin since March alone. Regardless of DarkSide’s fate, the pipeline shutdown won’t be the last […]